Please check out the learning events listed at Learn (Learn.extension.org) for June. These are for your own learning or for you to share with your audiences! Extend your knowledge and keep more up-to-date on conversations in your areas of expertise and interest. A few are included below.
Everyone is welcome to participate in the events listed at Learn (learn.extension.org) as they match your interests. Please sign in with your eXtensionID to Follow to get notifications and plan to attend. Use each session’s unique URL to share links to online events in your area of expertise so that others can learn with you. Encourage your customers to also sign in with their Facebook, Twitter or Gmail account to Follow, and plan to attend. Additional sessions may be added at any time, so check back to see what’s new, or please add web-based sessions you have plans to teach for your institution.
Selected topics coming in June
• June 5, The Culture of Personal Finance at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1556
• June 3, Mental Health & Financial Management at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1557
• June 4, Heuristics, Anchoring, Narrowing Choice at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1555
• June 5, What Young Adults Need to Know About Money at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1558
• June 6, All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series: Fire Ant Management at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1372
• June 3, Institutional Team Web Conference - June 2014 at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1342
• June 9, Lighting for small and backyard layer flocks at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1485
• June 19, Hidden Heroes: America's Military Caregivers at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1601
• June 23, Creating Role Rescriptions for Today's Volunteer at http://Learn.extension.org/events/1639
Popular topics from May
Watch the recording and Add your thoughts...
• 20 Steps to 7 Figures at http://learn.extension.org/events/1502
• All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series: Are Those Itsy Bitsy Spiders Good or Bad? at http://learn.extension.org/events/1377
• Tips and Tools on Building an Online Community at http://learn.extension.org/events/1595
• 4-H Common Measures/Qualtrics Tool -- Measuring Impact at http://learn.extension.org/events/1612
• Simple Tricks to Reduce Waste and Increase Veggie & Fruit Consumption in the Lunchroom at http://learn.extension.org/events/1614
• How to Run Meetings that Don't Leave Introverts Out at http://learn.extension.org/events/1593
• Composting for poultry at http://learn.extension.org/events/1433
• Innovation/Institutional Team Web Conference - May 2014 at http://learn.extension.org/events/1341
• Be SMART (Safe, Monitored, and Responsible Texting) with Youth at http://learn.extension.org/events/1594
• Getting the most out of Outlook at http://learn.extension.org/events/1579
• Implementing the Canvas LMS at Univ. of Florida at http://learn.extension.org/events/1630
• Community Gardens at http://learn.extension.org/events/1432
• Helping Wisconsin Kids Get Covered: Connecting to Health Coverage through Schools at http://learn.extension.org/events/1606
• REACH - Supporting Military Families Through Research and Outreach at http://learn.extension.org/events/1576
• Humane Trapping: A Balancing Act at http://learn.extension.org/events/1615
• Bioaerosols from Feedlots and Dairy Farm Operations at http://learn.extension.org/events/1596
• Remote sensing of lakes: they're not all just "blue" at http://learn.extension.org/events/1634
• Power of Business - Going Into Business at http://learn.extension.org/events/1620
• Go to Learn (http://learn.extension.org) to see more learning opportunities... the following are somewhat categorized for June and beyond.
Ag Energy
• June 10, Pyrolysis of Biomass for Fuels and Chemicals
• June 10, E3A Technical Short: “Truks” for teaching energy
Backyard Poultry
• June 9, Lighting for small and backyard layer flocks
• July 10, Normal poultry behavior and dealing with behavioral problems in small and backyard flocks
• Aug 21, Avian anatomy and how to perform a necropsy
• Sep 25, Winter care of backyard poultry flocks
eOrganic
• June 6, Understanding the National Organic Program Seed Rule and Sourcing Organic Seed
eXtension
• June 3, Institutional Team Web Conference - June 2014
• June 17, Question Wranglers' Meetup - June 2014
• July 1, Institutional Team Web Conference - July 2014
• July 15, Question Wranglers' Meetup - July 2014
• Aug 5, Institutional Team Web Conference - August 2014
Fire Ants
• June 6, All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series: Fire Ant Management
• Aug 1, All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series: Minimize Mosquito Problems
• Sep 5, All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series: Kudzu Bug Takes Over the Southeastern U.S./Brown Marmorated Stinkbug -- All Bad
• Oct 3, All Bugs Good and Bad Webinar Series: Alien Invasions, Zombies Under Foot, and Billions of Decapitated Fire Ants
Floods
• June 27, NFIP and Floods
LPELC
• June 20, EPA's Proposed Waters of the U.S. Regulations
Marine Fisheries
• June 10, Sea Grant Fisheries Extension Network Webinar Series, No 3: The Sea Grant Network Responds to Tourism Opportunities in Fishing and Aquaculture
Military Families
• June 3, Mental Health & Financial Management
• June 4, Heuristics, Anchoring, Narrowing Choice
• June 5, The Culture of Personal Finance
• June 5, What Young Adults Need to Know About Money
• June 19, Hidden Heroes: America' s Military Caregivers
• July 17, Needs and Supportive Strategies for Professionals Working with LGBT Military Families
• July 23, Caregiver Identity Discrepancy & Implications for Practice
• July 29, Small Steps to Health and Wealth
• Aug 20, Caregiver Compassion Fatigue
• Sep 17, Give Care. Take Care.
Niche Meat Processing
• June 25, The Business of Dry Curing
Plant Breeding
• June 3, Keen on Quinoa Breeding
• June 10, Making Appealing Apples
• June 17, Dry Bean Breeding isn' t a Dry Topic
• June 30, Peppers are the Most Important Part of Salsa
Regional Food Systems
• June 25, Community Gardens
Volunteer Development
• June 23, Creating Role Rescriptions for Today' s Volunteer
• June 24, The Private Logic of Kids Who Outwit Adults
Questions and Comments? Contact Beth Raney at beth.raney@extension.org. If you have web-based events for which you would like more participation, please add them at Learn.extension.org for others to join in!
Beth Raney beth.raney@extension.org
Professional Development Leader for eXtension, a part of Cooperative Extension
and IT Unit, Penn State's Ag Sciences
401 Ag Administration Building, University Park PA 16802
814-863-2525
See a listing of online professional development for Extension at http://learn.extension.org. Know of other online offerings? Login and click, "Create a new PD Event" so others may participate!